neto Oriental Homoptera. 463 



opercula mucli less truncate and more oblique, and in con- 

 sequence of tliis being considerably wider apart than in 

 T. versicolor. 



Long., excl, tegm,, <^ 12 mm. ; exp. tegm. 55 mm. 



Hub. Bhutan (Brit. Mus.). 



Kear T. pumila, Dist., a Bornean species. 



Cicadalra inconspicua, sp. n. 



c? . Head piceous, anterior angles of vertex dull ochra- 

 ceous ; pronotura brownish ochraceous, a central reversed 

 triangular piceous spot with a central ochraceous line, tlie 

 basal marginal area piceous ; mesonotum brownish ochra- 

 ceous, with two anterior obsolete central obconical spots, on 

 each side of which is a percurrent submarginal piceous fascia, 

 and a large piceous spot before the cruciform basal elevation j 

 abdomen above pale brownish with piceous shadings, the 

 posterior segmental margins pale ochraceous ; body beneath 

 and legs ochraceous ; tegmina and wings hyaline, the 

 venation, costal membrane, and basal claval streak to tiie 

 first and anal marginal area of the latter ochraceous; a 

 small transverse piceous spot above apex of radial area and 

 a similar spot at apex of clavus to tegmina ; opercula some- 

 what long, reaching the posterior margin of the basal 

 abdominal segment, obliquely directed inwardly, their apices 

 thus not very far apart, outwardly moderately convex, a 

 little sinuate on each side near base, their apices subangularly 

 rounded ; rostrum reaching the intermediate coxeb. 



Long., excl. tegm., ^ 8 mm.; exp. tegm. 35 mm. 



Hah. Biit. India; Mhow (Brit. Mus.). 



A small species, somewdiat intermediate between C. raja, 

 Dist., and C. striata, Walk., but much smaller than either 

 and to be distinguished by the distinct characters of the 

 opercula. 



Fara. Fulgoridae. 



Subfam. F LATINS. 



Melicharia obtusangula, sp. n. 



Body and legs pale dull ochraceous ; tegmina creamy 

 white with a very pale ochraceous tint, especially at costal 

 membrane, extreme base, and claval area ; wings pale 

 creamy white ; head (including eyes) a little narrower tlian 

 pronotum, vertex centrally and laterally carinate, the 

 anterior margin subtruncate, medially slightly angulate ; 

 face broad, with a central cariuation extending about half- 

 way from base, the lateral margins broadly reflexed ; clypeus 



